The Baltimore Orioles beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1, completing their weekend three-game sweep of the Phillies. The Phillies now have a six-game losing streak, courtesy of two home sweeps at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Orioles. The Phillies also continue their home struggles. Their six straight home losses drops their home record to 13-22, which is the second worst in baseball, behind the Nationals 12-23 home record. The Phillies will play the Tampa Bay Rays in a rematch of the World Series in Tampa, and they're looking to get back on track in interleague play.
This performance from the Phillies is looking bad. Also, Ryan Howard was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms the past two days. Raul Ibanez, who is having a record season at age 37, is now battling injury problems. The absence of Brad Lidge is deeply hurting them because Ryan Madsen is not able to close games effectively. The Orioles are at the bottom of the AL East division, yet they were able to sweep the team at the top of the NL East division. The Phillies are not playing like defending champions right now and their suspect pitching could lead to a September choke job, more like the Mets the past two seasons.
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